His abilities pose a great danger to earths very survival!. Imagine if he was in the possession of those who would use him for self gain.

I think I remember reading that by the laws of physics we should theoretically be able to see into the past and future as well as over great distances. I cannot remember where I read it so it may be all made up.

It's actually better than that, in a sense, because if he gets the first couple of picks wrong nobody is going to care about the story enough to talk about it. It's only after some success has been acheived that anyone starts paying attention. That's what we call 'selection bias'.